#96E6FA#96E6FA

#96E6FA is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.700; OKLCH L 88.0% C 0.083 H 215.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#96E6FA
RGB	rgb(150, 230, 250)
HSL	hsl(192, 91%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(192, 40%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(40%, 8%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.98, -19.50, -17.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.98, 26.14, 221.75°)
OKLab	oklab(88.02% -0.0676 -0.0478)
OKLCH	oklch(88.02% 0.083 215.3)
XYZ	xyz(58.1237, 69.9758, 100.8678)
Luminance	0.6998 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Color harmonies

complementary

#96E6FA #FAAA96

analogous

#96FADC #96E6FA #96B4FA

triadic

#96E6FA #FA96E6 #E6FA96

tetradic

#96E6FA #DC96FA #FAAA96 #B4FA96

square

#96E6FA #DC96FA #FAAA96 #B4FA96

split-complementary

#96E6FA #FA96B4 #FADC96

monochromatic

#21CAF4 #5CD8F7 #96E6FA #D0F4FD #E2F8FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#96E6FA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.00

#96E6FA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #96E6FA

15.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##96E6FA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##96E6FA	1.00	1.40	15.00	15.00
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8E1FB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8D5FA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6CEEEC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #96e6fa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 230, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.0% 0.083 215.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9eefc',
    500: '#96e6fa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #96e6fa;
$custom-light: #b9eefc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#96e6fa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192,
    "s": 90.909,
    "l": 78.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88022,
    "c": 0.08281,
    "h": 215.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.6998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#96E6FA

secondary

#DA745A

accent

#2E00E6

background

#FDFFFF

surface

#F8FEFF

border

#D1D6D7

text

#121617

muted

#828585

Preview Lab

Preview with #96E6FA

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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